Combination article of furniture.



PATENTED MAY 10', 1904. J, H. GRIFFIN.

COMBINATION ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1903. .110 MODEL.

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Patented May 10, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. GRIFFIN, OF STITILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

COMBINATION ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,700, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed July 3, 1903. Serial No. 164,167. (No model.)

To all whom at may concern.-

Be it known that 1 JAMES H. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stillwater,

construct an article of furniture in such mannor that it may be easilyconverted at will from a chair or settee into a table, or vice versa,this conversion being obtained through a member of the article offurniture which serves both as a back and a top and having one smoothside and the opposite side uphol' stered or cushioned in a mannercorresponding to the upholstery of the remaining part of the chair orsettee.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an article offurniture embodying the features of the invention and showing the samearranged as a chair or settee in full lines and the manner of convertingthe same into a table in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection through a part of the combined chair or settee back andtable-top and one of the arms which serve as a support for the same, thedevice in this instance being shown arranged as a table.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the views.

The numeral 1 designates a chair or settee having an upholstered seat 2with legs 3. An exact contour or style of chair is not essential to thesuccessful operation of the invention, and it will be understood thatthe chair or settee may be varied as long as it is'provided withuprights 4 at the opposite sides having horizontal arms 5 rigidlysecured thereon. On each of the arms 5 a metallic guide and wear strip 6is terminally secured, the ends of the strip being bent at an angle andembracing the opposite ends of the arms. The strips 6 between their bentends are held at a slight elevation above the upper surface of the arms,and movable thereover are slides 7, one on each, having inturned endedges 8, which embrace the side edges of the strips. The slides 7 arehinged at their rear ends to elongated metallic straps 9, attached to acom bined back and table-top 10, the said straps being disposed over thestrips 6 when the device is arranged as a table to prevent wear directlyon the combined back and table-top 10. The end of each strap 9 oppositethat attached to the slide has a central locking tongue or hook 11,which removably engages an opening 12 in the rear end of the strips 6when the device is arranged as a table to prevent the combined back andtop 10 from moving out of place.

The one side of the combined back and top 10 has an upholstered pad 13,which will correspond to the upholstery of the seat 2, and thereverseside of said combined back and top is smooth and flat, as at 14.In some instances both sides of the back maybe smooth where theinvention is employed in connection with a chair or settee that isdevoid of upholstery.

When the improved article of furniture is arranged as a chair or settee,the combined back and table-top 10 depends over one side of theremaining part of the chair or settee structure, and the slides willthen be adjacent one terminal of each arm; The slides being attached tothe combined back and table-top nearer one edge than the other willcause said combined back and top to be thrown in close to the chair orsettee structure at its lower end when a pressure of the back of theoccupant of the chair or settee is brought against the upper part ofsaid combined back and table-top. When the device is arranged as atable, the slides 7 are moved completely over the strips 6 until thetongues or hooks 11 are in firm engagement with the openings 12. By thismeans a table will be formed adapted for use for any purpose, and thepart of the table opposite that attached to the slides will be I ingfrom the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1.A chair having arms with guides extending along the same and providedwith openings at the rear ends, a combined back and table-top havingstraps secured thereto having terminal projections to engage theopenings in the guides, and slides hinged to the opposite ends of thestraps and embracing, and movable longitudinally on the said guides.

2. A chair, having arms with guides extending along the same andprovided with openings at the back end, and a combined back andtable-top carrying hinge connections which are attached at one end tothe back and top, the connections being slidable on the guides andhaving projections on the ends opposite those attached to the combinedback and top, for engaging the said openings when the device is arrangedas a table.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. GRIFFIN.

